Pin price-ticket.



W. J. ROCHE.

UPIN PRICE TICKET.-

APPLICATION HLEp NOV. 20. 1916.

fi fififiwa Patented Dec. 18,1917.

H VIZJRO- m" INVENTOR) wrrNEssEs vi ATTO R N EY em ts mm mm WILLIAMJansounocnn, or coc r imn'ron, PENNSYLVANIA, -ssicuon o A BALL COMPANY,or. NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION ornnw YonK.

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To all-whom it may concernf w V 1 Be it known-that 1, WILLIAM J. Rooms,a citizen 1 of the United States, residing at- Cochr'antomiin the countyof Crawford and State ofPennsylv-aniayhave invented a new and useful PinPrice-Ticket, of'which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to pin price tickets, and its object" istoprovide a guard for the points of thewi're used to attach the ticket tothe goods. i

-The presentainvention has to do with a type of pin price tickets inwhich awire staple pierces 'a portion ofthe ticket, and this staple iscaused to pierce the goods, being afterward advanced so asto securelyhold the ticket on the goods. Alsothe ticket is provided with a tabpreventing the sharp ends of thecpin or staple fromcatching in adjacentobjects or piercingithe hands of a person handling the goods. 1 -Withthe present invention, there is provided a simple form of ticket madeofa singlepiece of paper or cardboard folded upOn itself and providedwith a tabextension passed through anappropriate slot .in the other endof the ticket, so that the tab telescopeswith relationto the other endof the ticket. Attached to the tab is a staple like pin so positionedthat its points may be in part hidden and protected by the body of theticket. The structure is of extreme simplicity and requiresa minimumnumber of acts in it application to the goods, and in theseparticularsis, superior to other, pin tickets on the market. V The invention will:be1 best-understood from a consideration of the following detaildescription, taken in connection-with the accompanying drawingsformingpart of thls specification, with the further understanding that whilethe drawings show a practical 7 form of the invention, the latter is notconfined to any strict conformity with the show ingfiof thedrawings,butmay be changed and modified so long as suchchangesand inodificationscome within, the scope of the appended claimsj V i,

In the .drawings Figure l is a perspective'viewof the pin tab ticketcomplete and before folding.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section through the ticket shown inFig. 1. i Fig. 3 is a perspective View of; theifolded ticket ready foruse.

l f s p ecification of Le'ttersiBatent. Pate te D g 1 9 71.Q'Ap'plicflidn'fled November 20, 1916. Seria1No.-132,414.

Fig. 4' is a face view of the ticket'appliedto. one edge of a piece ofcloth.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section .of the structure of F ig. 4:. r i

. F 'g.,6 is a'view similar toFig. 5 but showing the application of the;ticket, to cloth at a point intermediate EOftllG length ofth e cloth.

ig.-7 is a perspective View ofthe ticket showing the position of theparts .when the ticket: is beingmanipulated to apply-iitto the cloth. 14 :1 Referring to the drawings, there is. shown a ticket 1 formed of-asheet of stoutpaper or cardboard, or other suitable material, usuallymade longer. than: wide and. at. one end formed into alongitudinally'extended tab-2, narrower than the body of thepticket,while-at the. other end, which. is .of full width, there is producedvthrough the ticket an elongatedslot 3 extending transversely I of theticket. i e i The body 1 isfolded at a point between the ends along aline substantially. as indicated: by thetransverse. dotted line 4, sothat the body of the ticket'is of double thick: HGSSLbBCZLUSB of thefolding of the. ticket upon itself. WVhen sofoldcd, the tab 2is passedthroughthe slot 3, so: that the tab extends beyond that end of theticket containing the s1ot.3. "Where the tab 2 joins the body of theticket rounded shoulders 5 are pro vided and all corners of the ticketmaybe rounded-to avoid any part which may catch upon cloth orotherarticles. V I v 7 There is; also provided a staple 6,1which may be awire staple of the character usually employed in pin tickets, and thisstaple has a yoke end 7 bent 'aboutthe free endQof the tab 2 andprovided with pointed legs 8 piercing the tab and then bent. lengthwiseof the tab toward the body .of the. ticket in spaced, relation to thetab The staple of pin is thereby securely fastened tothe tab without.liability of disconnection therefrom during the manipulation and use ofthe ticket. i v y 1 The pin or staple 6 is so located withreference tothe tab and the body of the ticket that when the tab is intraversingrelation to the.ticket .through the slot "3, the pointed H v Ilnttaching the ticket,thatportion of the body of the ticket containing theslot 3 is forced toward the fold of the body portion by compressing theticket lengthwlse between the finge'rs'of' the user, so that the tab 2is projected sufficiently to fully expose the pointed ends of the legs8. These may then be readily threaded through the cloth, indicated at 9,so that the points of the pin or staple are exposed. If the ticket beapplied to the cloth near one edge of the latter, the exposed portionsof the legs 8 maybe on the opposite side of the cloth to that at whichthe legs enter, this being indicated in Figs. 4 and 5. If, however, itbe desired to apply the ticket atsome intermediate point in the lengthof the cloth, the legs 8 are threaded through the cloth so as to enterthe cloth at one face, pass through the cloth and then return throughthe cloth to the same face, as indicated in Fig. 6. In either event thepointed ends of the pins are exposed without interference with the clothin such manner that these pointed ends may be readily passed through theslot 3 and between the tab 2 and the corresponding face of the bodymember, so that the pin points are effectively protected from accidentalaccess. In this manner,.the body ofv the ticket becomes a guard for thepoints of the pins behind which they are shielded by telescoping throughthe slot 3 back of the body of the ticket and in front of the tab,considering the pins as being presented forwardly.

The application of the ticket is extremely simple, requiring only thepartial collapse of the ticket by pressure applied lengthwise thereof toexpose the points of the pin or staple, and then the threading of thepins through the cloth, whereupon, by releasing the longitudinallyapplied pressure on the ticket, it springs back to the original positionand the points of the pin or staple move through the slot in theprotected position. Because of the formation of the ticket there is noneed of bending or clenching the legs or prongs of the staple after theyhave pierced the cloth. In fact, the only operation needed is thecompression of the ticket, the introduction of the legs or prongsthrough the cloth and the release of the pressure on the ticket, theseoperations proceeding as one, thus permitting the application of thetickets to the cloth with extreme rapidity and with far greater rapiditythan commercial forms of tickets for the same purpose. Furthermore, thearrangement of the ticket and pin or staple permits the use of bothfaces of the ticket for notation and indicia.

What is claimed is l. A pin price ticket comprising a sheet of suitablematerial folded intermediately upon itself, said ticket having atransverse slot at one end and a longitudinally extended, tab at theother end, and a pin or staple secured to the tab and having piercingmeans extending lengthwise of the tab toward the body of the ticket forlodgment between the tab and the body-of the ticket with the tab andpiercing portion of the pin or staple extending through the slot.

2. A pin price ticket comprising a sheet of suitable material foldedintermediately upon itself, said tickethaving a transverse slot at oneend and a'longitudinally extended tab at the other end, and a pin orstaple having a portion folded about the free end of and secured to thetab and having piercing means extending lengthwise ofthe tab toward thebody of the ticket for lodgment between the tab and the body of theticket with the tab and piercing portion of the pin or staple extendingthrough the slot.

3, A pin price ticket comprising an elongated strip of suitable materialwith a transverse slot adjacent to one end and with the other end formedinto a longitudinally extended tab of a width to pass through the slotin a direction transverse of the length of the slot, anda pin or staplesecured to the tab at the end thereofremote from the body of the ticketand provided with piercing members extending lengthwise of the tabtoward the body of the ticket whereby the tab with the staple thereonmay be passed through the slot.

4. A pin price ticket comprising an elongated strip of suitable materialwith a transverse slot adjacent to one end and with the other end formedinto a longitudinally extended tab of a width to pass through the slotin a direction transverse of the length of the slot, and a pin or staplesecured to the tab at the end thereof remote from the body of the ticketand provided with piercing members extending lengthwise of the tabtoward the'body of'the ticket whereby the tab with the staple thereonmay be passed through the slot, said pinor staple being of a length tohave the piercing portions lodged between the tab and the body of theticket when the tab is in traversing relation to the slot to house'andprotect the piercing ends of the staple.

5. A pin price ticket comprising an elongated strip of suitable materialwith a transverse slot adjacent to one end and with the other end formedinto a longitudinally extended tab of a width to pass through the slotin a direction transverse of the length of the slot, and a pin or staplesecured to the tab at the end thereof remote from the body of the ticketand provided with piercing members extending lengthwise of the tabtoward the body of the ticket whereby the tab with the staple thereonmay be passed through the slot, said pin or staple being of a length tohave the piercing portions lodged between the tab and the body of theticket when the'tab is intraversing gated sheet of suitable materialwith a transverse slot at one end extending the major portion of thewidth of the ticket and ,a longitudinally extended tab projecting fromthe other end and of a width to pass through the slot, and a staplesecured to the extremity of the tab and piercing the latter and havinglegs extending along thetab toward the body of the ticket, said legsbeing of a length to cause the housing of the'free ends of the legsbetween the tab and the body.

of the'ticket whenthe tab is in traversing relation to the slot.

7. A pin price ticket comprising a body member with a tab at one endwith said body member folded intermediately upon itself and having thetab traversing the end of the body member remote from the tab,

and a piercing member carried by the tab and extending along the lattertoward the body of the ticket whereby the piercing member may be made totraverse the material towhich the ticket is to be attached 30 and havethe piercing part of the piercing member housed between the tab and theI body of the ticket.

8. A pin price ticket comprising a body member with a tab at one endwith said body member folded intermediately upon itself and having thetab traversing the end of'the body member remote from the tab, and apiercing member carried by the tab and extending along the latter towardthe 40 body .of the ticket whereby the piercing member may be made totraverse the mate rial to which the ticket is to be attached and havethe piercing part of the piercing member housed between the tab and thebody of the ticket, said ticket also being yieldable lengthwise to causerelative movement between the tab and the body of the ticket forthejexposure and retraction of the piercing portion of the piercingmember.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I as my own, I have heretoaflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J ANSON ROCHE.

Witnesses v S. D. NonLnR, MARK WARD.

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Washington, D. C.

